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Belithraldir
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Battlefield 6 – Network jitter and micro stutter on official servers

Hello Battlefield Support Team,

I am writing to report a network-related issue I have been experiencing recently in Battlefield 6 on my Desktop Computer.

I have been playing Battlefield 6 for a long time without any network problems. However, since recently, I am consistently experiencing network jitter and micro stuttering, especially in high-intensity game modes such as Escalation and Breakthrough, when many players are concentrated in one area. During these moments, I receive yellow and sometimes red network warning icons in the top-left corner of the screen.

Did you updated anything on the back-end side of the servers that could affect me/other players? 

Network tests performed
To rule out local issues, I have performed extensive testing:

Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi 6E, 6 GHz)
- Stable ping (10–13 ms)
- No packet loss reported
- Noticeable jitter and micro stutter during large-scale fights
- jitter and micro stutter because of a TN rating of 100ms - 200ms because of crowded areas

Wired LAN (CAT5e Ethernet cable)
- Issue becomes more severe
- Packet loss appears
- Time Nudge (TN) latency increases significantly (up to ~400 ms)
- Red network warning icons appear
- jitter and micro stutter

This confirms that the issue is not related to Wi-Fi instability, hardware, cabling, or local network configuration.

Important observation
When I join matches via Browse Servers and manually select Region: Europe, the problem completely disappears:

  • No jitter
  • No packet loss
  • No network warning icons
  • Gameplay is perfectly smooth

This strongly suggests that the issue is server-side or related to matchmaking / server routing, rather than my ISP or local setup.

Additional information
I've been playing Battlefield 6 earlier without any troubles
In-game ping remains low (10–13 ms) at all times
Packet loss only occurs in certain matchmaking servers (read: TN 100 - 1000ms), not in manually selected EU servers
Other online games do not show any network issues

Conclusion
Based on these results, it appears that some Battlefield 6 matchmaking servers may be experiencing:

  • Server-side performance degradation under high load, and/or
  • Routing or transit issues between certain matchmaking servers and players

I would appreciate it if this could be investigated, as the issue significantly impacts gameplay in large-scale modes, despite a stable and high-quality internet connection.

Thank you for your time and support, i'd like to receive a solution for this. It's demotivating me to continue gaming.

Kind regards,
Belithraldir

  • OskooI_007's avatar
    OskooI_007
    6 days ago

    Belithraldir​ thank you for posting the HWiNFO screenshot. XMP memory overclocking doesn't appear to be enabled. The memory is running at 2133MHz instead of 3200MHz.

    Try enabling XMP memory overclocking in motherboard BIOS settings and see if that increases SIM to 60fps.

    If I don't reply to your post then personal message me. Sometimes the forum fails to notify me when someone replies.

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    OskooI_007
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    5 days ago

    Belithraldir​ I'm glad enabling XMP fixed the time nudge (TN) network lag!

    I could tell XMP memory overclocking wasn't enabled because the memory timings 15-15-15-36-51 didn't match any of the XMP memory profile timings in your HWiNFO screenshot.

    I also Google searched memory part number Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 from your HWiNFO screenshot. The memory specs on Corsair's website list a SPD Latency of 15-15-15-36.

    SPD Latency is the stock, none overclocked memory timings.  The memory runs at a stock SPD Speed of 2133MHz with a stock SPD Latency of 15-15-15-36. I could tell your memory was running at 2133MHz because it was using 15-15-15-36 memory timings.

    https://www.corsair.com/us/en/p/memory/cmk16gx4m2b3200c16/vengeancea-lpx-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-dram-3200mhz-c16-memory-kit-black-cmk16gx4m2b3200c16

    If I don't reply to your post then personal message me. Sometimes the forum fails to notify me when someone replies.

  • Belithraldir's avatar
    Belithraldir
    New Rookie
    5 days ago

    OskooI_007​ 
    You are a hero, thanks for your effort. I hope other people with the same problem will find this thread so that it could help them too. 

    Have a great weekend sarge, I'll see you on the battlefield! 

  • OskooI_007​ 

    I've got another remarkable update for you.

    A friend of mine playing on a MSI gaming laptop with the RTX 5070 TI had the same problem as me, yesterday. What did he do? He downloaded the most recent NVIDIA GPU driver update, just like I did, version 591.74. 

    I tried to help him doing the steps above, but this wasn't possible. Why not? A laptop is pre-built so you can not activate XMP or D.O.C.P.
    Another friend of us told him to reïnstall the previous version, NVIDIA GPU driver version 591.59 (18 december 2025).

    He reïnstalled the previous version and everything was working again, without any jitter/lag. So the root of this problem is 100% the NVIDIA driver update, that also explains why I didn't had the problem before.... Before installing the new update.

    Question:
    1) I can leave my RAM at D.O.C.P now without any problem or should I reïnstall the previous version of NVIDIA Driver too and deactivate D.O.C.P?

    2) Are you able to inform EA or NVIDIA about this problem, maybe highlight this somewhere for others to see?

    Thanks in advance.

  • OskooI_007's avatar
    OskooI_007
    Legend
    2 days ago

    Belithraldir​ you can run the previous driver version with D.O.C.P enabled. I'm not able to inform EA or Nvidia because I'm not an employee.

    Some laptops don't have XMP support. Laptops usually have slower memory than desktops.

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